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Langwitches edited the contributors of The Digital Diet Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Lee Crockett: (Author)
• Added a contributor: Ian Jukes: (Author)

Langwitches edited the contributors of The Digital Diet Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Andrew Churches: (Primary Author)

Langwitches edited the contributors of Copyright clarity : how fair use supports digital learning Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Renee Hobbs: (Primary Author)

Langwitches edited the contributors of SECRETO BIEN GUARDADO (Spanish Edition) Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Viviana Rivero: (Primary Author)

Langwitches edited the contributors of Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: John Brockman: (Primary Author)

Langwitches edited the contributors of Empowering Students with Technology Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Alan C. November: (Author)

Langwitches edited the summary of How-To-Guide Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• This guide was written especially for educators, who want to teach 21st century skills, such as collaborating, communicating, and connecting, through digital storytelling

Langwitches edited the contributors of How-To-Guide Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Edited a contributor: Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano: GLobally Connected Learning Educational Consultanthttp://globallyconnectedlearning.com (Author)

Langwitches edited the summary of Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• What does it mean to be educated in the 2st Century?
  Information Literacy

  * Understanding of knowledge, creation & authority
  * Make meaning of information to create new knowledge
  * Find, evaluate, organize, interpret & distribute information
  * Pattern recognition, critical thinking, perception
  * Gather knowledge to become intelligent vs. apply knowledge

  Network Literacy

  * Social production is enabled by power of networks to connect people
  * Nature of learning & teaching
  * Locating experts & eyewitnesses
  * Relationships NOT technologies determine learning
  * Enhancing the process of learning to be (Identity)

  Global Literacy

  * Compete. Cooperate & connect with global peers
  * Greater understanding of 95% of world’s population
  * Knowledge-driven global economy
  * Global competency knowledge, language &respect
  * Global perspective

  Media Literacy

  * Critical Thinking
  * Literary Authority & participatory culture
  * Media is shaping the way students think and express themselves
  * No longer print-centric world
  * Find, analyze, evaluate, organize, remix, store and share media

  Student Portfolios

  * Collecting-Selecting-Reflecting
  * Metacognition
  * Gather data about own learning
  * Self-Modifying as lifelong learner
  * Alternative assessment tool

  Connecting

  * Non-linear learning
  * Semantic Web
  * Interdisciplinary linkage to real world applications
  * Global Connectivity
  * Ubiquitous connectivity

  Collaborating

  * Learning is social
  * Collective Intelligence
  * Engage students to produce meaningful contributions
  * Students making contributions to learning communities
  * Establishing & maintaining working relationships

  Communicating

  * Tools to share what we learn open up new ways of thinking
  * Professional Development
  * Community
  * Nationally/ Internationally
  * Foreign Languages

Langwitches edited the contributors of Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World Wednesday, January 26, 2011.

• Edited a contributor: Bena Kallick: (NoneContributor)